They’ve probably seen him be head and shoulders above Liverpools ‘midfield diamond’ whenever he has played.

Isn’t Ayala nearly back from his mid season sabbatical? I’d be tempted to throw him up front. I wish I was joking but I’d wager he’d be a better punt than Gallagher.

I’m absolutely certain he’ll be bombed out on loan by Villarreal within a year (more likely by Jan). He’s still a half-season wonder.

I’d take Grant Mitchell up front over Sam Gallagher.

I have a strong feeling that Preston will lay the nail into the ground and Burnley will firmly strike it in the following match. Never have I ever been more sure of two insipid, gut wrenching performances.

1-0 Gyorkes. Samaritans on speed dial.

Precisely. We won’t. I struggle to see where the next goal is coming from, let alone win. Play-offs is fanciful in the extreme.

Why the holy hell are we feathering Liverpool’s nest at the expense of our club? It’s an absolute fucking joke.

As I say, I’ve come to the belated conclusion that promotion clearly isn’t a priority for anyone at the club. Pitiful.

We won’t. Promotion clearly isn’t an objective of ours.

As I thought. When the heat is on our boys melt. Been the case since that lot rocked up over a decade ago. Sickening.

Gallagher needs one hell of a performance. So bloody harsh on Wharton. Win a must.

Todays scores pile the pressure on. As we all know, we melt when the pressure is on. Rovers 1 Hull 1 Prove me wrong, Rovers, please.

We really, really need to win tonight. Like really.

Yep, Archer has been a great signing. How we haven’t been able to bring in one semi decent forward this season on loan is laughable. And very likely will cost us.

A Norwich loss here would be huge for us; they would be a point behind having played two more games. Come on, Boro!

I don’t see a goal in the side though! BBD has to play if fit for that reason.

Performances in those positions were all before his upturn in form though, when he was shunted around everywhere and looked like he wanted to be anywhere else. He's got the confidence, swagger and hunger now.

Yes that stood out to me. Most 19 year olds on for their debut would be like little mice. Harry was the opposite; very vocal and not intimidated one bit. He's got something about him, that's for sure.

Agreed. I would bring in Brittain and get JRC further up the pitch as you suggest. We're in Trent territory with Joe because he's regularly leaving gaps at the back for teams to exploit - yet as is similar with TAA, he's currently our most effective player going forwards. Bit of a conundrum for JDT, but this is the most obvious solution.

JRC has been our player of the match today by a country mile. And then some.

Hahaha eat my words. Get in!!!

We could play until Christmas and not get the second here. Just not gonna happen.

Any form of centre forward and we win this. As we don’t have one, I very much doubt we will.

JRC may as well play CF - he’s the only threat we have going forward.